Combination container



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mamar MAURICE BLUMENTHAL, 0F BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.-

COMBINATION CONTAINER.

Application led January 27, 192Q. Serial No. 354,387.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known thatl, MAURICE BLUMEN- THAL, residin at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and tate of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Combination Containers, of which the following is a specification. v

rlhis invention relates to a combination container, that is, a container which may be conveniently and easily used for containing and holding separate two or more different kinds of materials.

`An object of the invention is to provide such a container which is simple of structure and attractlve in appearance and from which the contents may be drawn or-emptied selectively.

A further object is to provide a container which altho applicable in principle to use in numerous capacities is yet particularly adapted to be embodied for containing two or more ldifferent kinds of powders, such as are ordinarily in use as toilet accessories, for instance, tooth powder, shavin powder and talcum powder. A container of this character is particularly adapted for use by travellers, and the like, in that it combines in a single container what has heretofore required two or more separate' containers.

A further object is to provide means whereby the contents of the different compartments of the container may be seen at least suiiiciently for determining the quantity of material in each compartment.

A further object is to provide a common closure member for the several compartments bywhich the contents of the compart ments may be selectively Other objects and aims more or less specific than those referred to above, will be in part obvious and in part pointed out in the course-of the following description of the elements, combinations, arrangements of parts and applications of principles, constituting the invention; and the scope of protection contemplated will be indicated in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings which are to be taken as'a and in which I l'erred form of tion Figure l is a side elevational View of a container constructed in accordance with emptied.

of the invention,

have shown merely a preembodiment of the .invenpart of this specification,y

this invention, a portion of the container being broken away 4for better illustrating the structural form of the container.

igure'2 is a top plan view of the closure device.

Figure 3 is a transverse sectional View thru' the container, and i Figure 4 is a side elevational view of a complete container illustrating a slightly modified form.

Figure 5shows a modification.

Referring to the drawings for describing in detail the structure which is illustrated therein, the reference character L indicates the main body, or casing, of the container. As shown in Fig. 3, this is preferably elliptical in cross section,- altho it may, of course, be of any other desired contour.*The lower end of the container is closed by a bottom piece G, while the upper end of the container has fitted thereto a cover piece H upon which is a rotatably mounted closure member -1. i The interior of the container may be divided into any desired number of compartments, as 2, 3 and 4, by'means of suitable partition walls 5.

The closure member l has a single opening 6 therein which "is adapted upon rotation ofthe closure member to mate with any selected set of openings 7, 8 and 9, the openings 7, 8 and 9 being formed thru a stationary closure member l0 and being arranged so 'that they communicate with the compartments 2, Sand l respectiif'ely.

When it is desired vto pour out, or remove, any of the contents of one of the compartments, the closure member l is rotated to uncover 'the set of openings in the closure member l!) communicating with that particular compartment. The closure member ll is shaped so that the main portion of its iop wall 1l at this time overlics and closes each of the other sets of openings so that the contents of only one of the compartments can be removed at a time.

The sets of openings 7, 8 and 9 of the closure member 10 areso disposed with relation to the opening 6 in the closure member l that when desired the. closure member 1 may be rotated to cause the opening 6 thereof to overlie a non-apertured portion 12 of the closure member 10, thus at such time closing all of the compartments.

Any appropriate means may be embodied ica ill@

in the device for indicating the appropriate positions for the closure member 1 in order to enable the operator to empty the contents of any particular compartment. For instance, the container may be embossed or otherwise furnished with indications, such as the words Tooth powder, Shaving powder and Talcum powder, such indications, or words, being placed in such radial position as to be nearest to the set of openings 7, 8 or 9 which should be uncovered for producing the desired result.

In order that the contents of the'separate compartments may be conveniently inspected so that the owner of one of the containers may know particularly the quantity of contents still within the compartments, Suitable windows 13 may be provided. These windows may preferably have a horizontal portion 14 and a vertical portion 15, the portion 15 providing a View of the top level of the contents when there is still a considerable quantity within the compartment, and the portion 14 extending across the lower end `ot the portion 15 and adjacent to the bottom of the compartment serving to indicate particularly when the level ot the contents has become very low. 14 will thus at once Serve as a prominent indication when the level of the contents is very low, and as a broad window thru which practically the entire contents may be readily inspected. The windows as thus constructed provide all requisites enabling them to well serve their intended purposes, and yet they contain no large expanse o material which would be likely to be broken or injured during the handling of the contamer.

A container embodying the general features as above set forth may be readily carried in a travellers grip and will provide means for quickly and easily using any one or all of the different articles contained and it will at the same time occupy no more room within the grip than has been heretofore occupied by an ordinary talcum powder Call.

The same principles, of course, can be applied to containers for any other different commodities, either powders, liquids, or otherwise. and the same degree of eiliciency and simplicity be attained.

The partitions 5, may, of course. be arranged so as to determine the relative sizes ofthe different compartments, it being anticipated that a relatively larger compartment may be provided for containing the particular material which is the most used, and a relatively smaller compartment for the material whiclris the least used.

i In the vdrawing'fthe container illustrated is similar'in general exterior appearance to an ordinary talcum powder-can, the closure The portion member 1 being centrally `disposed of the cover piece I-I` and the cover piece ilaring out to embrace the upper edges of the main body portion L. In this instance the partitions 5 are inclined, being furthest s aced apart at their lower ends, and having t eir upper ends extending into the closure member 1. The partitions 5 could be readily positioned for making the diil'erent cornpartments of any proportionate sizes desired.

As many changes could be made in 'this construction without departing from the scope of the following claims, it is intended that all matter contained in the above description, or. shown in the accompanying drawings, shallbe interpretedl as illustrative only and not in a limiting sense.

Altho the drawings illustrate the several compartments to be controlled by a single, or common, closure member, nevertheless it will be understood that in some instances individually operable closure members may be arranged such, for instance, as indicated by the reference numerals 16, 17 and 18, Fig. 5.

lHaving thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desireto secure by Letters Patent is 1. A combination container comprising a main casing, 'a cover piece having a rotatably mounted closure member thereon and having a Haring portion extending outwardly therefrom to cover the upper end of the casing,- a plurality of partitions arranged within the container for dividing the casing into a plurality of separate compartments, said partitions having their lower lends spaced relatively Jfar apart and having their upper ends spaced a less distance apart and extending into said closure member, and the closure member having means whereby to aii'ord vaccess into said compartments selectively at will by rotation of said closure member.

2. A combination container comprising means providing aplurality ot' separate compartments, means for giving independent access to said compartments, and the walls of said compartments hav-ing windows provided therein thru `which the contents of the compartments lmay be inspected, said windows being shaped to provide an elongated portion extending vertically 'ot the compartment and a further elongated portion extending horizontally across the lower end ofsaid first portion and adjacent to the bottom of the compartment.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in the presence .of two witnesses.

- MAURICE BLUMENTHAL.

Witnesses: i.

L. (nssronn HANDY, MAY SCHULZ. 

